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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
6
Morrison I. Swift argued at the Humanist Forum in Franklin Union that strikes serve as a moral tool by making the average person confront personal misery. He tied strikes to justice for others, calling them a modern miracle worker for society.
The speaker argues that wealth excuses moral law while poverty imposes it, condemning the rich as wasteful looters and the poor to constant constraint. He calls for paying the whole man, widening public schooling, and heavily taxing great fortunes to fund uplift of the unskilled workers.
John Bolk of 8 Cotting Street West End was admitted to Relief Hospital yesterday forenoon with a bullet wound in his left hand. He told Dr Jaentz he was cleaning a revolver when the gun fired piercing the palm and exiting the back of his hand.
The Cardinal's Cadets announce their first annual prize drill and military exhibition at 8 p m Friday June 6 in St John's Hall on Moon Street. The event features a competitive company drill individual drill battalion drill a dress parade and prize presentations by John E Gilman past commander in chief of the G A R.
Harvard seniors announce Memorial Hall will host June 16 with all popular dances allowed. After protests over the turkey trot grapevine and chicken flip the committee ends the taboo and invites unbridled terpsichorean joy for one night.
Harvard plans a lively senior dance with 13 two steps and seven waltzes. Music titles include At the Devil's Ball On the Mississippi and Down in New Orleans. Controversy over ultra fancy dancing is resolved as female students prepare to attend when terms end.
Washington June 1 The Rural service a new branch of the Department of Agriculture will begin operation tomorrow with Dr Thomas N Carver of Harvard selected to head the service Assistants include Dr Carl W Thompson of Minnesota and L H Goddard who have studied rural social economic conditions and farm management in their states Dr Carver has completed his Harvard teaching tenure and will start the new work after conferences here.
Peabody reports Walter H. Glady aged about two years nine months as the prize baby weighing 34 pounds at 50 King street. Measurements include a height near 36 inches and a 19 1/2 inch head, 11 inch neck, 8 inch calf, 21 inch chest, 24 inch waist, 7 3/4 inch arm, 12 1/2 inch thigh, and a 5 1/4 inch foot.
Over 75 members of the Press Club will attend a performance of the Old Homestead at the Boston Theatre this evening by invitation of the company. The invitation followed a baked bean dinner where the Old Homestead double quartet guests were present. After the show the company will be guests of the Press Club for a spread.
Harvard alumni urge a memorial in Charleston South Carolina for Samuel Gilman class of 1812 writer of Fair Harvard The plan calls for placing it in the Unitarian Church where Gilman preached for 40 years and served at the time he wrote the ode.
The marriage of Miss Marion Allen Hood to Roland Hill Boutwell will be held at Prospect Hill church Somerville at 7 30 p m with Rev George C Gordon officiating. Attendants include Miss Roberta McDowell and Miss Christine Johnston. A reception follows at the bride’s parental home.
Gloucester June 1 The fishing schooner Stiletto under Captain John Grady reported a collision last Tuesday about three miles off Flint Island Cape Breton with a French fishing schooner. Seven stanchions and 385 feet of port rail were torn away after both vessels altered course to avoid a crash.
Edward R. Warren presides at the formal opening of the Milk and Baby Hygiene Association's new Field's Corner station in Dorchester at 4 p m. Speakers include Miss Caroline A. Howard Dr Arthur A. Howard Dr William J Gallivan and Charles L Carr.
More than 500 Orangemen and about 60 women from Boston and nearby areas paraded from Tremont and Appleton streets to Tremont Temple for a patriotic religious service. State Guard Master Robert Rogers led the procession with several bands as regalia shone. Speakers included Rev Allan A Rideout and B B Alling urging citizenship and loyalty to the United States amid questions of wartime allegiance. Rev Richard Wright presided.
Rats believed to have caused a fire that did 50 dollars of damage to the home of Samuel Orchards at 2010 Washington Street yesterday at noon.
Nine Norwegian sailors from the freia were rescued after the full rigged ship foundered off Sunday Point near Yarmouth Nova Scotia in a sixty mile gale. They arrived in Boston aboard the steamer Boston and plan to take berths on ships in New York Baltimore port as soon as possible. The freia carried lumber and general merchandise and was driven onto the rocks and dashed to pieces. the crew escaped in small boats after hours in the surf.
Cripple Creek Colorado June 1. One dollar reward paid to Mrs. Mary Mossman for locating $1220 in twenty dollar bills. The money was found sewn into the hem of a skirt worn by Mrs. Mary Hospiler who died at the County Hospital.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels arrived in Newport Rhode Island to open the summer conference at the Naval War College tomorrow. He spoke to enlisted men and Newport residents at the Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association building and thanked Mrs Thomas J Emery of Cincinnati for funding the association buildings. He attended a dinner at the naval college with prominent officers before returning to Washington.
The annual election of the board of directors of the Young Men's Catholic Association will be held today in the association rooms on East Newton street. Balloting begins at 4 o'clock and continues to 8 o'clock as eight board members are chosen.
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